CVE-2020-10783 Privilege escalation in CloudForms
High 8.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-10783 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2020-10783 is a high-severity vulnerability in CloudForms, published on 11 Aug 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10783 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: CloudForms. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10783/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10783/index.md)
An attacker with EVM-Operator role can escalate privileges to perform administrator-only actions like exporting or importing files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-10783?
CVE-2020-10783 is a high-severity vulnerability in CloudForms, published on 11 Aug 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Red Hat CloudForms 4.7 and 5 is affected by a role-based privilege escalation flaw. An attacker with EVM-Operator group can perform actions restricted only to EVM-Super-administrator group, leads to, exporting or importing administrator files.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-10783?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Redhat Cloudforms.
How do I fix CVE-2020-10783?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2020-10783 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10783 in the wild and no public exploit code.